1948 | B/N | 98:00 Michoacán, 1938. Ponciano Robles, an old bachelor, is accustomed to helping poor people in his town. A mule driver begs Ponciano to ask for the hand of a beautiful peasant woman named Rosenda on his behalf. The young woman’s father accepts, but the mule driver repents and leaves the town to avoid the commitment. The kind-hearted Ponciano agrees to take care of the abandoned woman after her parents throw her out of the house. Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Bracho; Julio, Rúben Romero; José Production: Marcos; Fernando, Elizondo; Salvador Photography: Draper; Jack Sound: Mateos; Javier Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Rodríguez; Nicolás, Meyer; Roberto, del Castillo; Lupe, Macedo; Rita, Sánchez Curiel; Ildefonso, Velasco; Armando, Arriaga; Jorge, Reiguera; Francisco, Acosta; Rodolfo, Soler; Fernando, R. Frausto; Antonio Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2016
1948 | B/N | 98:00 Michoacán, 1938. Ponciano Robles, an old bachelor, is accustomed to helping poor people in his town. A mule driver begs Ponciano to ask for the hand of a beautiful peasant woman named Rosenda on his behalf. The young woman’s father accepts, but the mule driver repents and leaves the town to avoid the commitment. The kind-hearted Ponciano agrees to take care of the abandoned woman after her parents throw her out of the house. Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Bracho; Julio, Rúben Romero; José Production: Marcos; Fernando, Elizondo; Salvador Photography: Draper; Jack Sound: Mateos; Javier Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Rodríguez; Nicolás, Meyer; Roberto, del Castillo; Lupe, Macedo; Rita, Sánchez Curiel; Ildefonso, Velasco; Armando, Arriaga; Jorge, Reiguera; Francisco, Acosta; Rodolfo, Soler; Fernando, R. Frausto; Antonio Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2016
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La mujer de todos A Spanish woman travels to Mexico with a Mexican soldier, only to discover he is married. While waiting in hope that he will divorce his wife, she meets young Captain Jorge, who rekindles the thrill of falling in love—unaware that he is related to the man who believes he owns her. See More
Llévame en tus brazos Pedro lives with his daughters Rita and Marta in a fishing village in the Papaloapan basin. Rita loves José, a young man who has been fired for organizing a strike to demand workers’ rights. To settle her father’s debt to Don Antonio, the mill owner, Rita offers herself as a pledge. She leaves her humble town and is exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a dancing star. See More
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